Renaturing- Small Ways to Wild the World is a beautiful and thought provoking read.

James Canton acquires a field in north Essex and over an 18 month period takes us on his journey exploring how to give this piece of land back to nature … it’s not as easy as it would seem.

Told in a diary entry form with interspersed sections focussing on key issues, the book comprehensively explores the challenges and successes that James encountered. The seasonal changes bring a closer view of the natural natural and many of its rural wonders

Taking land management “back to basics” with the use of the mattock and the ever resourceful scythe, you can actually feel the physical endurance encountered in particular against the ever invasive bramble

Identifying the species found and the sowing of wild flowers, the knowledge and wisdom is excellent - interspersed with advice from friends and experts and terminology that broadens understanding …bioblitz, wild washing , scarification ,rewilding the mind

This is “a call to arms” to make us consider how from window box, to back garden to large areas we can help save and renature our world and lives.

A great read that charms but more importantly makes us consider what we are doing to the fragile ecosystems around us.